The Trump administration has stepped up pressure on the International Criminal Court, imposing sanctions aimed at restricting the Hague-based tribunal’s access to US finances and technology.
The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating its confrontation with the world’s top war crimes tribunal. Washington has branded the Hague-based court a “rogue” institution and says the measures are necessary to protect US sovereignty and prevent the prosecution of American citizens.
The latest measures mark the third round of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration since returning to power in 2025. Previous sanctions targeted ICC prosecutors and judges. The new package is broader, affecting the court as an institution and restricting access to US financial and technological services.
Speaking to DW, Michael Lynk, professor emeritus of law at Western University in Ontario, Canada, described the move as “by far the most comprehensive” set of sanctions against the court. He called it “a big body blow to international law in general and to the court in particular.”
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
